Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DG457

Julia Semantics LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, and was awarded on December 29, 2025, without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition. The prime contractor will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight.

Under this IDIQ structure, the MDA intends to issue multiple task and delivery orders to all qualifying responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The inaugural delivery order, valued at $500 under a firm fixed price arrangement, was issued on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD initial order with performance at the MDA facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and various NAICS codes, requiring appropriate facility clearances for work at different classification levels. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting vehicle for the nation's integrated multi-layered defense requirements.